Improvement in caoutchouc shirt-collars



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS A. PEASE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN CAOUTCHOUC SHIRT-COLLARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,122, dated April 7,1863.

lo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUs A. PEAsE, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Im proved Shirt-Collar for the Neck;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription of the same, reference being h 1d to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in making a shirt-collar for theneck, of india-rubber or other material impervious to water, and tlatcan be taken off from the shirt, and with a sponge or cloth washed,wiped, and puton again immediately, ready for use, and when bent resumesits original position.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my collar of any desired shape and color, and of anymaterial that is impervious to water. VI make it of white rubber, cutfrom the sheet, or enamel it after it is cut, or I make it by coveringthe rubber collar with enameled cloth or leather, or other material madeimpervious to water. I use the rubber to obtain the spring, so that whenthe collar is bent or forced out of position it will rtlfsume itsposition when the pressure is taken o Figure l is a perspective view ofthe collar. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the rubber B covered withenameled cloth c c.

It will be seen that one shirtcollar is all that a man wants at a time,as he can take 0E the collar and wash it, wipe, and put it on againimmediately.

I am aware that garments of water-proof and elastic materials have beenmade and worn, and that many of them have collars of various forms sewedto and forming part of them. These I do not claim, my invent-ion havingrelation only to the article well known in com merce by all itscharacteristics as a shirtcol ltr, made attachable by means of buttons,eyelets, tapes, studs, or the equivalents thereof therefore Vhat I claimas my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y Ashirt-collar made of rubber, and that will resume its position when bentor forced out of place, substantially as before and for the purposedescribed.

Witnesses:

J. B. NoNEs, E. M. FRANKLIN.

JULIUS A. PE XSE.

